Planning an arcade themed birthday party in London?
Boutique Party Hire can transform your venue into a temporary arcade filled with full-size gaming machines, racing games, sports challenges and interactive entertainment.
From 18th and 21st birthdays through to 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th celebrations, an arcade theme can create an interactive party experience where guests can race, compete and chase high scores throughout the event.
Hire several feature machines or create a complete birthday arcade experience with multiple gaming zones.
Browse our full Arcade & Amusement Game Hire range.
Build the party around a mixture of arcade entertainment.
Popular choices include:
Using several different types of machines gives guests plenty to explore throughout the celebration.
Instead of taking your birthday party to an arcade, bring the arcade directly to your chosen London venue.
This gives you control over the wider celebration.
Combine the arcade with your:
DJ
Dance Floor
Bar
Catering
Lighting
Photo Entertainment
Party Décor
Lounge Areas
Guests can move between gaming and the rest of the party throughout the event.
Full-size arcade machines can create a much stronger visual impact than smaller tabletop games.
Depending on your venue and available access, multiple machines can be positioned together to create a genuine temporary arcade area.
For larger parties, different machines can operate simultaneously so groups of guests can play throughout the event.
Create different zones within your birthday arcade.
Head-to-head racing machines.
Recognisable classic-style arcade entertainment.
Basketball and high-score games.
Fast competitive challenges.
Guitar Hero and music gaming.
Pool and table football.
For larger venues, these can be spread across different areas of the event.
Add Mario Kart DX Twin to create a dedicated racing area.
Guests can compete:
Birthday Person vs Friends
Friend vs Friend
Couples vs Couples
Friends vs Family
Team vs Team
Run casual races throughout the party or organise a complete Mario Kart tournament.
Add World’s Largest Pac-Man to bring recognisable arcade gaming into the party.
Create a Pac-Man high-score leaderboard and allow guests multiple attempts throughout the event.
This can work particularly well at milestone birthdays where the guest list includes several generations.
Add Guitar Hero Arcade for music-based gaming.
Guitar Hero can work alongside your DJ and dance floor while providing another entertainment option for guests.
It can be particularly suitable for:
Add Pac-Man Basketball for competitive sports gaming.
Create a birthday high-score challenge and track the leading results throughout the party.
Award titles such as:
Basketball Champion
Highest Overall Score
Friends Champion
Family Champion
Guests can keep returning to try to beat the leading score.
Create a reaction challenge area using:
These games provide quick competitive rounds and can help increase the variety within your arcade setup.
Racing machines can become one of the main attractions within an arcade-themed birthday.
Create a racing championship with:
Guests compete throughout the early part of the party.
The strongest racers progress.
The final competitors battle for a place in the final.
Crown your arcade racing champion.
Add a Commercial Pool Table to create a more relaxed gaming area.
Pool can work particularly well alongside:
Leave the table available for casual games or organise a knockout tournament.
Add Table Football for multiplayer entertainment.
Guests can compete:
One vs One
Two vs Two
Couples vs Couples
Friends vs Family
Team vs Team
This provides another social game alongside the electronic arcade machines.
Create a birthday inspired by classic arcade culture.
Combine:
Add neon-style lighting, retro music and themed décor to strengthen the arcade atmosphere.
An 80s theme can work naturally alongside arcade entertainment.
Combine your games with:
80s Music
Neon Lighting
Retro Props
DJ
Dance Floor
Photo Entertainment
The arcade machines can become part of the visual theme as well as the entertainment.
Create a nostalgic 90s birthday with a dedicated gaming area.
Combine arcade machines with:
Guests can move between gaming and the wider celebration throughout the evening.
Create a 2000s-inspired party with music and gaming nostalgia.
Guitar Hero can become a feature attraction alongside racing machines, basketball, pool and other arcade games.
Add a 2000s playlist or DJ set to complete the theme.
Arcade themes aren’t limited to children’s celebrations.
Full-size arcade machines can work particularly well for adult birthdays where guests want interactive entertainment alongside the traditional party.
Create packages for:
18th Birthdays
21st Birthdays
30th Birthdays
40th Birthdays
50th Birthdays
60th Birthdays
Milestone Birthdays
The final game selection can be adapted around your guests.
Create a fast-paced arcade setup featuring:
Add a leaderboard and gaming tournament to keep the competition running throughout the celebration.
For a 21st birthday, combine the arcade with your DJ, bar and dance floor.
Create a separate gaming zone where guests can compete throughout the evening.
Racing, basketball and reaction games can work particularly well for groups of friends.
A 30th birthday is ideal for combining current arcade entertainment with nostalgia.
A strong setup could include:
Mario Kart
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Basketball
Reaction Game
Pool
Create a mixture of retro arcade games and modern interactive attractions.
Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, racing games, basketball and pool can create a varied entertainment area for a 40th birthday.
For a 50th birthday, choose games that can bring different generations together.
Combine:
Pac-Man
Racing
Basketball
Pool
Table Football
Reaction Games
Create friends-versus-family and generation-versus-generation competitions.
Create a social arcade environment for a 60th birthday celebration.
Retro gaming, racing, pool and table football can provide entertainment for friends and family throughout the event.
An adult arcade party can provide much more than simply placing a few machines around the room.
Build the evening around competition.
Guests can:
Race Each Other
Set High Scores
Enter Tournaments
Compete in Teams
Challenge Friends
Play Retro Games
This gives the arcade area its own identity within the event.
Create a leaderboard featuring several games.
Track:
Mario Kart Champion
Basketball Champion
Reaction Champion
Pac-Man Champion
Guests can return throughout the event and attempt to take the top position.
Create a multi-game competition.
Mario Kart.
Highest score.
Batak or another reaction challenge.
Pac-Man.
Pool or table football.
Award points after each round and crown the Birthday Arcade Champion.
Divide your guests into teams.
Create competitions such as:
Birthday Person’s Team vs Everyone Else
Friends vs Family
Couples vs Couples
Team A vs Team B
Each team collects points across the different arcade games.
For larger guest lists, multiple machines can operate simultaneously.
A larger arcade could include:
This allows different groups to play at the same time.
A smaller birthday doesn’t require a huge arcade.
Create a focused setup.
Mario Kart
Basketball
Batak
Pac-Man
Guitar Hero
Pool
Pool
Table Football
Arcade Machine
Mario Kart
Pac-Man
Basketball
Reaction Game
Combine arcade gaming with your main evening entertainment.
Guests can move between:
Arcade
DJ
Dance Floor
Bar
Food
Photo Entertainment
Lounge Area
throughout the celebration.
This is particularly effective for adult parties where not every guest wants to spend the entire evening dancing.
Hosting your birthday at a hotel?
Full-size arcade machines can be installed in suitable:
Loading access, service lifts and setup windows should be checked before selecting larger machines.
Private event venues can provide enough space for a substantial temporary arcade.
Depending on the venue, machines can be grouped together or positioned around several different entertainment areas.
Send us the venue details when enquiring so suitable games can be recommended.
Planning a larger high-end birthday?
Create a substantial arcade installation featuring multiple full-size machines.
Combine your arcade with:
The arcade can become one of the main visual and entertainment features of the celebration.
The gaming machines can be complemented with wider arcade-inspired styling.
Ideas can include:
This can help connect the entertainment to the overall birthday theme.
Create a temporary pop-up arcade inside your chosen birthday venue.
This can be particularly effective for private venues that normally have no gaming equipment.
For one event, the space can be transformed into an arcade before being removed after the celebration.
Planning your arcade birthday in Central London?
Suitable machines can be provided to hotels, function rooms and private event venues subject to access.
For full-size arcade installations, provide:
This helps determine which machines can be installed.
Suitable arcade birthday packages can be provided throughout:
Suitable surrounding locations can also be covered subject to availability.
Three feature arcade and interactive games.
Head-to-head racing with competitive reaction challenges.
Classic-style arcade and social gaming.
Several machines selected for a multi-game competition.
Multiple full-size machines grouped into a dedicated arcade area.
A larger combination of racing, retro, sports, reaction, music and social gaming.
Yes. Multiple full-size machines can be grouped together to create a temporary arcade in a suitable venue.
Options can include Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, reaction games, racing games and additional arcade machines.
Yes. Arcade entertainment can work particularly well for adult and milestone birthday celebrations.
Yes. Retro-style gaming can be combined with modern competitive machines.
Yes. Several games can be combined into an overall birthday competition.
Yes. Suitable games can be used for high-score challenges throughout the event.
Yes. The arcade can complement your DJ, dance floor, bar and other entertainment.
Yes. Larger packages can include multiple full-size machines operating simultaneously, subject to availability.
Yes, subject to suitable loading access and service lifts.
Suitable venues can be covered throughout London.
Planning an arcade themed birthday party in London?
Boutique Party Hire can provide anything from several feature machines to a complete temporary birthday arcade featuring Mario Kart, Pac-Man, Guitar Hero, basketball, reaction games, racing machines, pool, table football and additional arcade entertainment.
Browse our full Arcade & Amusement Game Hire range or contact us with your:
